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Zim parks uses a black permanent marker to write the weight and length on each tusk. What is the best way to clean this off? I tried acetone on one spot, and it removes most of it, but you can still see where its stained in. Any suggestions that won't damage the ivory? | ||
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I used ethanol on mine. Liberal amount on a soft cotton rag. Some light staining disappeared within some weeks. Good Hunting Carl Frederik | |||
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Acetone. Soft cotton on small area at a time. Elton Rambin Mail/Ship: 1802 Horse Hollow Rd. Barksdale, Texas 78828 Phone: 479 461 3656 Ranch: 830-234-4366 Check our Hunt & Class Schedule at www.ftwoutfitters.com 4 Rules of Gun Safety 1/ Treat all guns as though they are loaded. 2/ Never point the muzzle at anything you do not want to shoot. 3/ Do not put your finger on trigger until your sights are on target and you are ready to shoot. 4/ Be sure of your target and safe background. | |||
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Years back SA game dept did it to mine Acetone but still bit of it there Morons? I'd say YES " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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Get a Material Data Safety Sheet from Marks-A-Lot (you can find them on the internet) and look at the active ingredients. The largest ingredient should be the volatile solvent/carrier that keeps the dye from drying out in the pen body. If you can find that ingredient that should be the best thing to remove the dye. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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I had this problem. The issue with solvent is that the ivory is porous so even soaking it will get some off but just cause the rest to go deeper which is why you end up with faint marks. fortunately I tried it on a small spot. I ended up taking a very fine wire brush in a rotary tool and basically grinding off the letters and then blending it in. The marker in mine hadn't gone too deep. Looks fine now, but I spent more time and effort cleaning up this mess than I did hunting the elephant. | |||
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Thanks for the replies. The portion of the tusk that was in the skull is porous and more difficult to get out. The ink on the exposed polished portion of the tusk isn't difficult to get out with some acetone. Still a bit of shadowing but not bad. I think I may try some light buffing on upper more porous section. I haven't tried it but I think the acetone would make the ink bleed. Not sure what the reasoning is behind using a thick black sharpy when the length and weight are stamped into the tusk. | |||
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